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HUD has approved Action Plan Amendments 32, 33, 34 and 36.

Click on the links below to view the approval letters:

Hazard Mitigation Grant Program

 

Road Home Option 1 Homeowners:

 http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/cdbg/dr/hmgp/hmgp.htm

 

You can still apply for additional funds to elevate or reconstruct your home!

The OCD-DRU HMGP can reimburse up to $100,000 (based on actual construction costs) to eligible Road Home Option 1 homeowners for expenses incurred in elevating or reconstructing their homes to meet the Advisory Base Flood Elevation (ABFE) or to meet the adopted Base Flood Elevation (BFE) if no ABFE exists. HMGP is a reimbursement program. Homeowner eligibility and eligible expenses are determined by FEMA based on HMGP regulations. These funds are not subject to the Road Home $150,000 maximum cap.

PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY

A homeowner must meet the following criteria to be considered for the OCD-DRU HMGP award:

  • Homeowner is an eligible participant in the Road Home program. (NOTE: Even if a homeowner received a zero award letter from Road Home, that homeowner may still be eligible for money through the OCD-DRU HMGP.)
  • Homeowner selected Road Home Option 1 – Keep your home
  • Homeowner still owns the home that was eligible for Road Home benefits
  • The structure is located in ABFE or BFE zone or the mitigation activity is deemed cost beneficial according to FEMA guidelines
  • Homeowner agrees to comply with all HMGP regulations

Road Home grant phone line open

 

The state is inviting Road Home applicants who are interested in up to $7,500 for additional storm-proofing measures to call and leave their information even though the long-promised grant program is still months away from launching.

The Louisiana Recovery Authority and Office of Community Development set up a toll-free telephone message line at 866.993.0138 to deal with Road Home grant recipients who are eager to sign up for reimbursement for storm shutters, roof tie-downs, the cost of lifting heating and cooling units and other so-called individual mitigation measures.

The phone line only takes voice-mails. The outgoing message asks interested homeowners to leave their Road Home application number and other identifying information, but warns that they won't hear anything back until the individual mitigation measures program is fully operational.

A man's voice says the program is "currently under development" and the information applicants leave will be gathered and delivered to the "program administrator" so they can be contacted "once program begins, which could be several months from now."

The state plans to begin seeking a contractor "to expand the staff to handle IMMs in June with hopes of having a contractor in place in August and an announcement about the IMM program launch after that, " LRA spokeswoman Christina Stephens said.

Word spread about the telephone line when some applicants sent e-mail messages saying the storm-proofing money was ready to go. That's not true, but some applicants apparently grew excited when they were referred to the telephone line by customer-service agents working for the state's home elevation hotline.

The LRA has been saying for months that it wants to dedicate $650 million to the individual mitigation measures, but the process has been difficult as the agency tries to find a way to make the money available to homeowners who have already received the maximum Road Home grant of $150,000.

The state heavily promoted the individual mitigation measures when it first started the Road Home program in 2006, encouraging homeowners to apply if only for the $7,500.

However, Stephens said the state didn't announce the existence of the telephone line this time around because "every time we (put out a press release) we get thousands of calls, and we don't have enough staff to handle the calls."

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